UNIT 22 & 23Challenges to Human Rights

Globaliztion

CONCEPT QUESTIONS1. What forces are challenging human

rights?

2. What are characteristics of genocides?

3. Describe worldwide efforts to guarantee basic human rights.

GENOCIDES Balkans

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia Rwanda

Hutu vs. Tutsi (imperialism) Darfur

SudanGovernment sponsored Arab militias –

Janjaweed400,000 deaths, 2.8 million displaced

CambodiaCommunist group, Khmer Rouge – Pol Pot1975-1978 – up to 4 million dead

HUMAN RIGHTS U.N. approved the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights (1948) Guaranteed basic rights and freedom to all people

Helsinki Accords (1975) Guaranteed basic rights – freedom of speech, religion

and press, fair trial, earn a living, and live in safety Civil Rights

1960’s movement in America Constitutional guarantees enforced for all Martin Luther King Jr.

Use of non-violent protest methods adopted from Gandhi in India

Apartheid Ended in South Africa Encouraged by Civil Rights movement in America

GLOBALIZATION Integrated world economy where new

ways of trade, transportation, and communication brought larger numbers of people into contact with one another

Technology continued to improve after WWII which created more global interaction

Economies of many nations are now linked

Collective security – UN, NATO Cultures changing and mixing through

influence of TV, radio, internet

GLOBALIZATION Economic

OPEC, WTO, global stock markets Western industries (McDonalds, Nike, Microsoft, etc) Outsourcing and trade expansion, NAFTA and EU

Social Spread of culture and religion & the backlash

Telecommunication Mass communication, satellites, internet, etc…

Computer Shrinking due to space programs Make transmitting information and business transactions

quick and cheap Transportation

Air travel, bullet trains, supertankers, interstate highways Medical Advancements

Penicillin, laser treatments , ultrasound, CAT scans, MRI’s